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Todd Dorman
I’m a columnist, editorial writer and blogger for The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. I write about local and state government, politics, social issues, children, dogs, barbecue, or whatever shiny thing catches my woefully short attention span. I’ve been here since October 2007, after covering the Statehouse for nearly a decade, and my blog has been online since November 2007. I was student body president of my high school in 1988-89 and that’s the last time I’ll run for anything. Except maybe a free beer or an ice cream truck. Sign up for my Pints & Politics newsletter, or watch my podcast.
Latest Articles by Todd Dorman
Staff Columnists Jun. 28, 2015 6:00 am3833d ago
So in the wake of a horrendous crime of racial hatred in a Charleston church, we’re finally rolling up the …
Staff Columnists Jun. 26, 2015 2:30 pm3835d ago
I’m sure many Iowans who witnessed the arrival of Friday’s landmark U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage felt a …
Staff Columnists Jun. 23, 2015 10:23 am3838d ago
As contrasts go, it’s pretty striking. On Friday the Iowa Economic Development Authority agreed to add $25 million in tax …
Staff Columnists Jun. 21, 2015 6:00 am3840d ago
Father’s Day has me thinking about dirt. And no, this isn’t another topsoil column. Promise. It’s that my dad, Howard …
Staff Columnists Jun. 18, 2015 7:40 am3843d ago
Iowa’s Environmental Protection Commission took a short field trip to a parking lot outside their meeting on Tuesday. There, they …
Staff Columnists Jun. 14, 2015 6:00 am3847d ago
I guess it’s fitting for an organization that bites the hind-ends of so many Iowa public officials that run afoul …
Staff Columnists Jun. 12, 2015 3:00 pm3849d ago
(Obligatory warning: Satire) Straw Poll, a once politically potent presidential king-maker who drew thousands of Iowa Republicans and media into …
Staff Columnists Jun. 11, 2015 6:00 am3850d ago
A week ago, I wrote that avoiding a long legal battle with the state over I-380 speed cameras would be …
Staff Columnists Jun. 9, 2015 10:39 am3852d ago
So 2015 will go down as a year state lawmakers raised our gas tax and seriously lowered our expectations of …
Staff Columnists Jun. 7, 2015 6:00 pm3853d ago
It’s not quantum mechanics or neuroscience or discovering a fifth season. It’s really very simple. If you’re doing something you …
Staff Columnists Jun. 6, 2015 6:00 am3855d ago
HUCKABEE IDENTIFIES AS JERK So word comes this week of reason No. 5,117 why Mike Huckabee, former Arkansas governor and …
Staff Columnists Jun. 4, 2015 7:38 am3857d ago
Is ‘Cedar Trapids – Where the Fifth Season is for Braking,” on its way to becoming ‘Compromise City?” Could be, …
Staff Columnists Jun. 2, 2015 3:00 am3859d ago
Finally, things are getting interesting in caucusland. Iowa Republicans are clawing and scratching to save the once-mammoth August GOP Straw …
Staff Columnists May. 31, 2015 3:00 am3861d ago
It seems many people don’t want to read any more stuff about the, uh, watery unpleasantness back in 2008. A …
Staff Columnists May. 28, 2015 3:00 am3864d ago
So they’re coming after the puffing duffers. Last week, the city’s Parks, Waterways and Recreation Commission voted 9-0 to ban …

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